Michaela Dicesare

Michaela Dicesare

Michaela is a playwright-performer with a Master’s Degree in Drama from the University of Toronto. As an actor, theatre credits include Gratitude (Oren Safdie/MainLine Theatre), A Bear Awake in Winter (Next Stage Theatre Festival/Factory Theatre), Birds of a Feather (Roseneath Theatre), Urban Tales (Centaur Theatre/Urbi et Orbi), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Humber River Shakespeare) andState of Denial (Teesri Duniya Theatre). Michaela performed her one-woman show 8 Ways my Mother was Conceived in Toronto, Montreal, New York City, Ottawa, Hudson, Winnipeg and Stratford. Film & TV credits include The Bold Type, Mike, Fatal Vows, Psych Out, A Stranger in My Home, Sex & Ethnicity. Michaela wrote and performed in In Search of Mrs. Pirandelloin the 2016 WildSide Festival (Centaur Theatre Company). Michaela’s relationship with Centaur continued with a mainstage production of her play Successions in the 2017/2018 season (Outstanding New Text, METAs 2018). Her latest play Extra/Beautiful/U won first place (Pam Dunn Award) in the 2017 Write on Q competition presented by Infinitheatre.

Michaela est dramaturge-interprète et détient une maîtrise en art dramatique de l’Université de Toronto. En tant que comédienne, on lui doit notamment Gratitude (Oren Safdie/MainLine Theatre), A Bear Awake in Winter (Next Stage Theatre Festival/Factory Theatre), Birds of a Feather (Roseneath Theatre), Urban Tales (Centaur Theatre/Urbi et Orbi), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Humber River Shakespeare) et State of Denial (Teesri Duniya Theatre). Michaela a présenté son one-woman show 8 Ways my Mother à Toronto, Montréal, New York, Ottawa, Hudson, Winnipeg et Stratford. Au cinéma et à la télévision, mentionnons son travail dans The Bold Type, Mike, Fatal Vows, Psych Out, A Stranger in My Home, Sex & Ethnicity. Michaela a écrit et joué dans In Search of Mrs. Pirandello au WildSide Festival 2016 (Centaur Theatre Company). Sa collaboration avec le Centaur s’est poursuivie avec la production de sa pièce Successions pour la saison 2017/2018 (Outstanding New Text, METAs 2018). Sa dernière pièce Extra/Beautiful/U a remporté la première place (Pam Dunn Award) au concours Write on Q 2017 présenté par Infinitheatre.
(mis à jour en 2019)

Participation au Jamais Lu :
Eye : Am R(é)sonance / Ici (2019, 18e Festival du Jamais Lu)